Book 2 of the new story arc in the saga of The Metabaron! Faced with potential extinction, the Metabaron questions his clan's deep-seated principles and sets out to experience everything he has denied himself for so long. Meanwhile, the Techno-Pope entrusts his most loyal Techno-Cardinal, Orne-8, to find the ultimate solution to the shortage of Epyphite, the precious anti-gravitation fuel that has enabled the Techno-Techno Empire to rule the universe.